Still got the car! Used, then laid up, then used, now laid up again but fast approaching paintwork time!

WELL, After many weeks, she now has a clean ticket! Now bodywork to do... also cleaned up the seats, and managed to get the previously painted black doorcards BACK to their original grey.

mark1gls wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 6:50 pm Is the wire from B18, the up shift light for the fuel economy gauge?

Hmmm could well be which would explain why it's not connected
Could also be "e2 - grn/blk- rear wiper motor pin 53"

Cheers guys for your help, The car is now not far from MOT. Just a few other (non mot) things to sort... https://uploadir.com/u/k637rcol.png At the fusebox, there's a black and green wire, with a spade connector floating about not going anywhere. I have a feeling it's for the rear wipe/wash? This wa...

Thanks guys that could have something to do with it lol. Will get my dad to fabricate up a bit cheers.

Call me really stupid but I cannot figure out how the battery mount is meant to sit, to secure the battery????

Tonight I measured the voltage on the offending sidelight, A measly 1.2V! Meanwhile the other side works fine. As do all the other lights... I did find a broken wire, a brown one, on the pass side, bodged it back together but no change. I did notice when I stripped the wire back the majority of my l...

Right, a lot has changed, we now have a weber fitted, and my old 2E2 found a good home for £50. The car is running sweet as a nut, im just ironing out some electrical gremlins. One odd one that has me stumped... The drivers side side light has 0V. Nothing at all, The Passenger side works. As do both...

Cheers guys, I have traced them all. Both fronts are there along with a permeant live, and earth. The rear speaker cables have been cut more or less to bulkhead! So i'll run some new ones... And i've made a switched live from blower motor feed.

Hi guys, my scirocco mk2 wiring has been heavily butchered with a crappy alarm, now ripped out, and the radio wiring. I want to take the radio side of things right back to bare. What are the original wiring colours, and did they have a factory switched live or only a permenant live.

Cheers.

OK, So pictures don't look like they'll ever surface. This video is excellent. The subtitles make it very easy to understand for english. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL7Nk8LiG2A

No pics?

Cheers guys, I've found there to be numerous problems with the rebuild the prev owner carried out, plus some general wear and tear so i've ordered a rebuild kit for the carb to do it myself. I also replaced the fuel pump as this failed.

Hi Guys, Ive gotten myself a bit of a project, From a previous owner. It's one of only 3 known capri blue MK2 Scirocco GT's... https://uploadir.com/u/mf4l3fu9.png It was laid up a while, so will need a lot of tinkering. Anyhow, Im a ford man, So i've never touched a VW, yet alone the dreaded Pierbur...